Friday, November 10, 2017

A La Mode Ice Cream Bars

Dear Reader, shortly after posting this review, a la mode contacted me to let me know that at some point something terrible had befallen the box of speed bump bars shown in this review. They immediately sent over fresh samples of all of their new 2017 products and I have to say, the fresh Speed Bump bar was delicious. I am now thoroughly convinced that my local Shaws let my bars completely melt and then were refrozen. For proof, just look at the last picture and notice that all the mix-ins sank in the bar rather than being spread out like the fresh bar I just ate. For the sake of honesty, I am leaving up the original review, but rather than use it as a knock against a la mode, please use it as a reminder that there is no guarantee that the product you buy has had an easy life. Kudos to a la mode for standing behind their product![New for 2017] Who's ready for another nut-free, egg-free, sesame-free treat? I was originally going to break this review in two but let's keep these new bars together.

A La Mode Speed Bump Ice Cream Bars

deep chocolate with marshmallows, white and dark chocolate chips

A La ModePartly CloudyIce Cream Bars

blue cotton candy ice cream with mini marshmallows

I tried speed bump first and while the dark-chocolate-ish shell is pretty good, the insides are much more pudding pop than ice cream. Actually, the inner texture is distractingly bad. I guess maybe it could have refrozen at some point, but it's not good. The weird thing is that the textures of these two don't match.

Look how different the texture is!

(they have been out the same amount of time)

On top of a better inner texture, PC brings a #funfactor with actual sprinkles all over the outside of the bar. Yes, some fell out in to the wrapper but who cares. I take a few bites and the bar almost has the texture of the sugar dipped anise cookies my mom makes. Sprinkle texture + coating texture + ice cream texture gives this one a very different feel than the chocolate variation.

The PC bar also bring a legit cotton candy flavor. It's not super strong (and thankfully not super sweet), but it's definitely cotton candy and that flavor goes well with their unique texture. I would suggest picking these up if you like cotton candy and want an ice cream bar that's fairly different.

One more thing: don't grab these thinking the insides are going to look like packaging. My first serving was minimal on the marshmallows and this second set I cut up here had just three marshmallows in Partly Cloudy and two in speed bump. Speed Bump also had 8 tiny chocolate chips and 5 tiny white chocolate chips that had gathered at the "top" of the bar (which would be the bottom of the bar when it was made).

That's it, turbo review over! Speed bump is not worth your money for any reason and Partly Cloud is worth a try if you dig cotton candy stuff. Would you search either out?

It's already been replaced and then some with samples of their other products, so nope, I wouldn't try to get my money back as well. In almost a decade of blogging, I think my return count stands at one (mr. green pint returned to stop & shop several months ago)... maybe two?